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Truncation & Wildcards
When a truncation symbol is
added to the stem of a word, it will find that stem plus anything that
comes after it.
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| environ* |
will return
records on environment, environments, environmental.
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| A wildcard symbol is used to replace a letter in a word, so that various spellings of the word will be returned. |
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wom?n |
will return records on women or woman. |
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| The symbol used
for truncation or as a wildcard depends upon the index, database,
or search engine you are using. Use the HELP in any index,
database or search engine to find out what truncation or wildcard
symbol is used. |
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